Ice creeper



April 29, 1924 1,492,513 A. F. GROEBL ICE CREEPER Filed Jan. l0 1925 /NVE /V TOR Patented pr. 29, 1924..

UNITED STATES PATEK? GFFEC.

ADOLPH F. GROEBL, OF OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO JOHNBERNARD POWERS, OF OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK.

ICE CREEPER.

Application led January 10, 1923..

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ADoLPH F. GRoEBL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, anda resident of Oyster Bay, in the county of Nassau and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Ice Creeper, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to ice creepers and has for an object to providean improved construction which is very efficient and which may bequickly and easily applied o-r removed.

Another object of the invention is to provide an ice creeper having anappreciable sup-porting surface with means for holding the same on theball of the foot.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an ice ,creeper inwhich an elastic member is used for holding the supporting and frictionsurfaces in position.

In the accompanying drawing* Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective viewof a shoe with an ice creepe-r embodying the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view on an enlarged scale, o-f the structureshown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view through Figure 1 approximately on line 8 3.

Figure 4 is a. diagram showing the way the chain illustrated in Figure 2is laced into the supporting buckles.

Fi ure 5 is a plan view of a supporting bucle or plate embodying certainfeatures of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a shoe ofany kind. On the shoe 1 a creeper is adapted to be positioned as shownin Figures 1 and 2 and when in this position, the elastic retainingmember 2 is arranged across the toe of the shoe an appreciable distancefrom .the end while the supporting friction surface 3 is .arrangedacross the ball of the foot, said supporting friction surface extendingto the respective fastening plates or buckles 4 and 5 whereby they areconnected to the elastic 2. Preferably, each of the plates 4 and 5 ismade with a slot 6 for receiving the elastic 2 Serial No. 611,895.

and with a cut-out portion 7 having bendable fingers 8 and 9 arrangedadjacent thereto. The surface 3 is preferably formed of a single chainthough it may be made of a number. Then formed of a single. chain, it islooped into the respective plates 4 and as shown in Figure 4, namely,with one end fastened at l0 on the plat-e 5 with the body threadedthrough the respective openings 7 a number of times and then thebendable fingers 8 and 9 bent up as shown in Figure 4 wherebysubstantially closed apertures 11, 12 and 13 are presented foraccommodating the links of the chain while holding the same spaced.

If desired, a central spacer 14 may be used, said central spacer beingpreferably a small rod or wire formed with eyes enclosing part of theside chains or side sections of the single chain. After the parts havebeen completed as shown in Figures 1 and 3, the device may be readilyapplied or removed at any time and by reason of the elastic 2, caused toproperly fit different sized shoes.

What I claim is 1. An ice creeper, comprising a pair of plates having aplurality of notches therein, and bendable fingers positioned betweensaid notches, a chain threaded through said notches to provide asupporting surface, the various sections of said chain being heldseparated by said fingers, and a supporting member secured to saidplates for holding the plates and chain in an operative position on theshoe when the device is in use.

2. An ice creeper of the character described, comprising a pair ofplates, each plate having an opening therein, and a pair of bendablefingers adapted to be bent toextend across the opening for dividing thesame into a plurality of apertures, a chain threaded through saidapertures for forming a supporting surface, and means connected withsaid plates for supporting the plates and the chain on a shoe when thedevice is 1n use.

ADOLPH F. GROEBL.

